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Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if you are looking for an efficient typist to enter your data into the new system, you need look no further.

The speaker assumes that

A. Twenty years of practice ensures typing efficiency

B. The type of typing required for the new system is identical to what Josh has been doing

C. Josh's job profile is the best that the new employer is going to get

D. Josh is an outstandingly fast and accurate typist

E. Josh will fit well into the new office

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Re: Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if y [#permalink] New post   31 Mar 2021, 22:34
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An assumption is an unstated premise. So we are looking for something that is implied in the argument, and if wrong, will undermine the argument. All that the speaker implies is that Josh is efficient because he has twenty years of practice, and so answer A is correct. Eliminate B because the word identical is not implied. Eliminate C because we are talking about typing not the whole job profile. The argument claims that Josh is efficient but without defining efficiency we cannot assume that it involves both speed and accuracy, and certainly outstandingly is not warranted. Nothing is implied about fitting into the office.

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Re: Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if y [#permalink] New post   05 Feb 2017, 04:55
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Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if you are looking for an efficient typist to enter your data into the new system, you need look no further.
The speaker assumes that

A. Twenty years of practice ensures typing efficiency
B. The type of typing required for the new system is identical to what Josh has been doing
C. Josh�s job profile is the best that the new employer is going to get
D. Josh is an outstandingly fast and accurate typist
E. Josh will fit well into the new office



Hi,

There are two issues..
1) Josh has 20 years of typing experience.
2) so anyone looking for an efficient typist should hire Josh.

Clearly it is being made out that 20 years of experience is equal to efficient typist..
And A is talking about it.
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Re: Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if y [#permalink] New post   05 Feb 2017, 06:22
chetan2u wrote:
SajjadAhmad wrote:
source: https://www.MajorTests.com

Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if you are looking for an efficient typist to enter your data into the new system, you need look no further.
The speaker assumes that

A. Twenty years of practice ensures typing efficiency
B. The type of typing required for the new system is identical to what Josh has been doing
C. Josh�s job profile is the best that the new employer is going to get
D. Josh is an outstandingly fast and accurate typist
E. Josh will fit well into the new office



Hi,

There are two issues..
1) Josh has 20 years of typing experience.
2) so anyone looking for an efficient typist should hire Josh.

Clearly it is being made out that 20 years of experience is equal to efficient typist..
And A is talking about it.
A


I was confused between A and B.
Please can you explain why B is not the correct answer choice?
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Re: Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if y [#permalink] New post   07 Feb 2017, 07:36
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chetan2u wrote:
SajjadAhmad wrote:
source: https://www.MajorTests.com

Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if you are looking for an efficient typist to enter your data into the new system, you need look no further.
The speaker assumes that

A. Twenty years of practice ensures typing efficiency
B. The type of typing required for the new system is identical to what Josh has been doing
C. Josh�s job profile is the best that the new employer is going to get
D. Josh is an outstandingly fast and accurate typist
E. Josh will fit well into the new office



Hi,

There are two issues..
1) Josh has 20 years of typing experience.
2) so anyone looking for an efficient typist should hire Josh.

Clearly it is being made out that 20 years of experience is equal to efficient typist..
And A is talking about it.
A


I was confused between A and B.
Please can you explain why B is not the correct answer choice?


I guess the main issue here is efficiency. No where we are concerned that the new system is same as old one
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Re: Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if y [#permalink] New post   09 May 2017, 00:01
SajjadAhmad wrote:
source: https://www.MajorTests.com

Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if you are looking for an efficient typist to enter your data into the new system, you need look no further.
The speaker assumes that

A. Twenty years of practice ensures typing efficiency
B. The type of typing required for the new system is identical to what Josh has been doing
C. Josh�s job profile is the best that the new employer is going to get
D. Josh is an outstandingly fast and accurate typist
E. Josh will fit well into the new office


Hi

I think the answer should be "B". Let us assume that Josh has been a very efficient typist on a type writer, but what if the new system requires him to type on computer. For the conclusion to hold true Jose must be efficient typist on computer, which "B" actually assumes.
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Re: Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if y [#permalink] New post   12 May 2017, 23:13
Both A and B upon negation weaken the conclusion of the author. Seems like a Debatable OA?
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Re: Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if y [#permalink] New post   13 May 2017, 02:05
I think its clear A

For B, although the type of typing is identical for the new system, it does not mean that having an identical type of typing will always ensure the best of performance. (Lets say a programmer is familiar with Linux, it will not guarantee that he/she will be a good programmer with Linux, it will only gives you the impression at least he/she will be familiar with it)

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Re: Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if y [#permalink] New post   13 May 2017, 10:22
SajjadAhmad wrote:
source: https://www.MajorTests.com

Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if you are looking for an efficient typist to enter your data into the new system, you need look no further.
The speaker assumes that

A. Twenty years of practice ensures typing efficiency
B. The type of typing required for the new system is identical to what Josh has been doing
C. Josh�s job profile is the best that the new employer is going to get
D. Josh is an outstandingly fast and accurate typist
E. Josh will fit well into the new office


Conditional statement
looking for an efficient typist to enter your data into the new system --------- > you need to look no further.
Now Connect premise to conclusion
Twenty year of experience means efficiency.
to counter check negate A
negated A will destroy the conclusion
Hence A ans
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Re: Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if y [#permalink] New post   07 Jul 2017, 16:57
A is better than B because of "new system", "efficiency typist" and "look for"
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Re: Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if y [#permalink] New post   21 Nov 2019, 07:38
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Josh has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if you are looking for an efficient typist to enter your data into the new system, you need look no further.

The speaker assumes that

A. Twenty years of practice ensures typing efficiency

B. The type of typing required for the new system is identical to what Josh has been doing

C. Josh's job profile is the best that the new employer is going to get

D. Josh is an outstandingly fast and accurate typist

E. Josh will fit well into the new office

Source: Www.MajorTests.Com


Clearly the choice is between A and B, as rest of the three options (C, D and E) present information out of scope of the passage.

IMO A is the answer because 'B' option has the word 'identical' in it.

We are considering an extreme when we say that the new system is identical to the old system. Even if we apply basic sense here, no new system will be identical to an old system, otherwise why would it be called a new system ;)
So even if we negate the option and say that -
The type of typing required for the new system is not identical to what Josh has been doing
This will not definitely break the argument, as Josh might or might not be the same efficient typist on the new system
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